About Me

Hi! I’m Amanda, the main human behind Wabi Sabi Futures. I am a curious human with far-reaching interests and a fondness for seeing what emerges when we bring different but related ideas together, and the new possibilities that opens up.

My first work-based identity was an artist, before I asked too many questions about why we do things the way we do them at my day job, where I fell into project management. I was fortunate to take a secondment into organisational development and redesign, which fed me into the planning, leading, facilitating, and coaching change pipeline. During this period I studied strategic foresight and reinvented myself as a futurist and workshop facilitator. Now I am deepening my experience and skill at using creative methods to explore new perspectives  by training as an art therapist.

After a decade of planning, leading, and coaching change in public healthcare, I created Wabi Sabi Futures as a space to support the development other curious folk asking big questions and exploring what’s possible through playful and creative means.

I value learning as a means of developing expertise and experience.

Wabi Sabi Futures plays in the intersection of futures studies and strategic foresight, change leadership, and creative practice.

I have completed a variety of training and qualifications to ensure the work Wabi Sabi Futures delivers is of high quality, well-considered, and contemporary.